STRIDE Book Lists

Black, African, Caribbean

Genre	Title	Author	Reading Level	Subject(s)
poetry/fiction	Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music	Margarita Engle	L	Chinese-African-Cuban girl, female drummers, Chinese New Year
realistic ficiton	Stevie	John Steptoe	M	black boy protagonist, siblings, memoir
realistic fiction	Sweet, Sweet Memory	Jacqueline Woodson/Floyd Cooper	picture book	black girl protagonist, death of grandpa, the South, rural
historical fiction	Coming On Home Soon	Jacqueline Woodson/E.B. Lewish	picture book	female characters, family, WWII, women working and away from home
fiction	Cherries and Cherry Pits	Vera B. Williams	picture book	black girl protagonist, storytelling, community
non-fiction/biography	Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah	Laurie Ann Thompson & Sean Qualls	picture book	disabled cyclist, West Africa, persistance, flexibility
realistic fiction	Dancing in the Wings	Debbie Allen/Kadir Nelson	picture book	black girl protagonist, aspiring ballerina, persistance
realistic fiction	Lulu's Birthday	Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard/Pat Cummings	picture book	intergenerational, family, birthday surprise
realistic fiction	The Village of Round and Square Houses	Ann Gritalconi	picture book	remote Central Africa, indigenous, gender, family
fiction	Thank You Omu!	Oge Mora	picture book	Nigerian woman protagonist, city, community, Thanksgiving
poetry/art	Under the Sunday Tree: Paintings By Mr. Amos Ferguson	Eloise Greenfield/Amos Ferguson	poetry/art	poems about family, daily life, Bahamas
realistic fiction	The Car Washing Street	Denise Lewis Patrick/John Ward	picture book	city, community, summer, diversity
realistic fiction/poetry	Spin A Soft Black Song	Nikki Giovanni	book of poems	family, school, everyday life, realistic fiction
non-fiction	Children of Promise: African-American Literature & Art for Young People	Charles Sullivan	textbook	slavery, African American art, poems, stories, good resource
	The Undefeated	by Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson		prominent black figures
poetry	Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes	David Roessel, Arnold Rampersad	illustrated poems	art by Benny Andrews, Langston Hughes poems
realistic fiction	Jamaica Tag-Along	Juanita Havill	picture book	black girl protagonist, siblings, family
fiction	Julius	Angela Johnson/Dav Pilkey	picture book	black girl protagonist, family, pet pig
realistic fiction	When I Am Old with You	Angela Johnson/David Soman	picture book	black grandfather/grandchild, rural, family
poetry/realistic fiction	Night on Neighborhood Street	Eloise Greenfield/Jan Spivey Gilchrist	picture book	poems of black family life, city setting
realistic fiction	Grandpa's Face	Eloise Greenfield/Floyd Cooper	picture book	black grandfather/granddaughter, family, city
realistic fiction	Grandfather and I	Helen E. Buckley, Jan Ormerod	picture book	black grandfather/grandchild, slow pace, winter
historical fiction	White Water (Inspired by a True Story)	Michael S. Bandy, Eric Stein	picture book	1962 segregated society, segregration
realistic fiction	The Leaving Morning	Angela Johnson	picture book	black protagonists, NYC, moving
realistic fiction	Jabari Jumps	Gaia Cornwall	picture book	anxiety, persistence, black boy protagonist
fiction	Birthday	John Steptoe	picture book	Africa, black community, school, boy birthday party
realistic fiction	Not So Fast Songololo	Niki Daly	picture book	family, South Africa, grandmother, figurative language, black boy protagonist
fiction	Ty's One-man Band	Mildred Pitts Walter/Margot Tomes	picture book	black family, Jim Crow south, making music
realistic fiction	Me & Neesie	Eloise Greenfield	picture book	black girl protagonist, imaginary friend, family
fiction/figurative lang/small moment	Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut	Derrick Barnes/Gordon C. James	picture book	black boy protagonist, community, award-winning
fiction	Tar Beach	Faith Ringgold	picture book	black family, NYC, family history
fiction	I Love My Hair!	Natasha Anastasia Tarpley	picture book	black family, celebration of black hair!, mother/daughter
realistic fiction	Do Like Kyla	Angela Johnson	picture book	black family, siblings, winter, snow
realistic fiction	What Mary Jo Shared	Janice May Udry	picture book	black girl protagonist, school, family
realistic fiction	She Come Bringing Me That Little Baby Girl	Eloise Greenfield/John Steptoe	picture book	black boy protagonist, baby sister, family
fiction/poetry	Black Magic	Dinah Johnson	picture book	read aloud, celebrating color black
realistic fiction	Amazing Grace	Mary Hoffman/Caroline Binch	M	gender, race, identity, school play, black girl protagonist
realistic fiction	Boundless Grace	Mary Hoffman/Caroline Binch	M	black girl protagonist, family, Africa, divorce, sequel to Amazing Grace
fiction	Wings	Christopher Myers	picture book	award-winning, black boy protagonist, collage, bullying, new student
fiction/poetry	Jazz	Walter Dean Myers/Christopher Myers	picture book	award-winning, gorgeous art, poems about Jazz, New Orleans
fiction	The Other Side	Jacqueline Woodson	Q	read aloud, overcoming racism
poetry	In for Winter, Out for Spring	Arnold Adoff/Jerry Pinkney	picture book	black families, the four seasons
non-fiction	Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer	Carole Boston Weatherford	upper grades	read aloud civil rights hero
non-fiction	Dear Mr. Rosenwald	Carole Boston Weatherford		read aloud, school equity
Historical Fiction	Freedom River	Doreen Rappaport	2018-02-05 00:00:00	underground railroad
Historical Fiction	A Sweet Smell of Roses	Angela Johnson	all grades	civil rights story
Historical Fiction	Sweet Clara and the Freedom QUilt	Deborah Hopkinson		Read Aloud, underground railroad
realistic fiction	Benjie	Joan M. Lexau	picture book	black boy protagonist, kindness, community, family
fiction	My Little Island	Frané Lessac	picture book	life on Caribbean Island, beautiful illustrations
fiction/poetry	Caribbean Dream	Rachel Isadora	picture book	life on Caribbean Island, poetic
fiction/poetry	Love Is	Diane Adams	picture book	black girl protagonist, love, responsibility, rhyming
realistic fiction	Corduroy	Don Freeman	picture book	black girl protagonist, kindness, love, NYC, community
realistic fiction	Charlotte and the Quiet Place	Deborah Sosin	picture book	black girl protagonist, NYC, community, learning differences
legends/folklore	John Henry	Ezra Jack Keats	picture book	black male protagonist, labor, westward expansion, railroad
legends/folklore	Flora and the Runaway Rooster	John Claude Bemis	picture book	black girl protagonist, Rwanda, poverty, schooling
fiction	The Hello, Goodbye Window	Norton Juster, Chris Raschka	picture book	award winning, black girl protagonist, grandparents, family,
fiction, pattern books	I Just Want To Say Good Night	Rachel Isadora	picture book	African girl, animals, family
realistic fiction	Galimoto	Karen Lynn Williams	picture book	African boy, Malawi, Chichewa language, recycled materials
fiction	For You Are A Kenyan Child	Kelly Cunnane	picture book	Kalenjin boy, Kenya, animals, Swahili language
fiction, poetry	The Chalk Doll	Charlotte Pomerantz, Frané Lessac	picture book	black girl protagonist, Jamaica, family, recycled materials
fiction, pattern books	All Aboard for the Bobo Road	Stephen Davies	picture book	Burkina Faso, transportation, maps, geography
realistic fiction	At the Crossroads	Rachel Isadora	picture book	Africa, labor, mining, family, community
fiction	Deep in the Sahara	Kelly Cunnane & Hoda Hadadi	picture book	Mauritania, W. Africa, Muslim, identity, family
realistic fiction	Something Beautiful	Sharon Dennis Wyeth	picture book	black girl protagonist, NYC, community, family
realistic fiction	Pet Show!	Ezra Jack Keats	picture book	black protagonists, NYC
fiction	City Rhythms	Ann Gritalconi	picture book	black boy protagonist, community, city life
fiction/poetry	Max Found Two Sticks	Brian Pinkney	picture book	black boy protagonist, onomatopoeia, music, city life
realistic fiction	Louie (my very favorite character!!)	Ezra Jack Keats	picture book	socially awkward black boy protagonist
biography	Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table	Jacqueline Briggs Martin	picture book	Belgium, basketball, city farming, true story
non-fiction	The Water Princess	Susan Verde	picture book	true story, water, rural Burkina Faso, Africa
non-fiction	Beatrice's Goat	Page McBrier	picture book	Uganda
historical fiction	Busing Brewster	Richard Michelson, R.G. Roth	picture book	integration, busing, bullying, kindness
realistic fiction	Mama Elizabeti	Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen	picture book	Africa, family, younger siblings, responsibility
fiction	Harlem Renaissance Party	Faith Ringgold	picture book	Harlem Renaissance, African-American writers, jazz
biography/poetry	Coretta Scott	Ntozake Shange/Kadir Nelson	picture book	Coretta Scott King bio, MLK, figurative language, gorgeous art
historical fiction	Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky	Faith Ringgold	picture book	Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad, slavery
fiction	Marvelous Cornelius: Hurricane Katrina and the Spirit of New Orleans	Phil Bildner and John Parra	picture book	Hurrican Katrina clean-up, resilience, community, folklore
realistic fiction	Daisy and the Doll	Michael Medearis/Angela Shelf Medearis	picture book	race, skin color, 1800's Vermont, black girl protagonist
non-fiction/biography	Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation	Andrea Davis Pinkney/Brian Pinkney	picture book	Rosa Parks, the blues, poetic, onomatopoeia, Montgomery Bus Boycott
fiction	Imani's Moon	JaNay Brown-Wood	picture book	Maasai people (Africa), differences, teasing, girl protagonist
biography	Nelson Mandela	Kadir Nelson	picture book	South Africa, activism, beautiful illustrations
fiction	Working Cotton	Sherley Anne Williams	picture book	award winning, black girl, memoir, child labor
fiction/poetry	Shadow	Marcia Brown	picture book	What is Shadow? Africa setting, poetic, nature
fiction/poetry	Father and Son	Denizé Lauture	picture book	family, Jonathan Green illustrations, black protagonists
non-fiction	One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia	Miranda Paul	picture book	true story, the Gambia, recycling, female empowerment
biography	More Than Anything Else	Marie Bradby	picture book	Booker T. Washington, literacy, child labor, W. Virginia
poetry/realistic fiction	Pass It On: African-American Poetry for Children	Wade Hudson, Floyd Cooper	book of poems	black children protagonists
lyrical/non-fiction	Charlie Parker played be bop	Chris Raschka	H	music of Charlie Parker, black jazzist
realistic fiction	Mrs. Katz and Tush	Patricia Polacco	picture book	relationship b/w older Jewish woman and black boy
	Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library	Carole Boston Weatherford	Picture book
non-fiction	jambo means hello: Swahili Alphabet Book	Muriel Feelings/Tom Feelings	ABC book	Swahili, African culture/tradition
non-fiction/biography	Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah	Laurie Ann Thompson & Sean Qualls	picture book	disabled cyclist, West Africa, persistance, flexibility
biography	Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X	Ilyasah Shabazz	picture book	author is Malcolm X's daughter
non-fiction/biography	Catching the Moon: The Story of a Young Girl's Baseball Dream	Crystal Hubbard	picture book	true story black female baseball player, 1953
realistic fiction	Mrs. Katz and Tush	Patricia Polacco	picture book	relationship b/w older Jewish woman and black boy
non-fiction	Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions	Margaret Musgrove	ABC book	African indigenous life, Ghana, ABC format
fiction	The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales	Virginia Hamilton	folktales	animal tales, slavery
poetry/biography	Martin Rising: Requiem For A King	Andrea Davis Pinkney/Brian Pinkney	illustrated poem	MLK, Jim Crow, Civil Rights, gorgeous art
realistic fiction	Back Home	Gloria Jean Pinkney/Jerry Pinkney	picture book	1950s, rural North Carolina, black protagonists, family
biography	Mary McLeod Bethune	Eloise Greenfield/Jerry Pinkey	M-N	true story of Mary McLeod Bethune, social justice activist
biography	More Than Anything Else	Marie Bradby	picture book	Booker T. Washington, literacy, child labor, W. Virginia
poetry	Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes	David Roessel, Arnold Rampersad	illustrated poems	art by Benny Andrews, Langston Hughes poetry
realistic fiction	Chicken Sunday	Patricia Polacco	picture book	black grandmother, 1960s, Jewish/Christian characters, Easter, family
non-fiction	I Have A Dream	Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.		his speech paired w/ gorgeous illustrations by black artists
non-fiction	MLK A Celebration In Word and Image	Martin Luther King, Jr.		quotes and photographs of MLK
realistic fiction/graphic novel	Illegal	Eoin Colfer/Andrew Donkin	graphic novel	refugees traveling from North Africa to Italy by ship, Syria
fiction/figurative lang/small moment	Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut	Derrick Barnes/Gordon C. James	picture book	black boy protagonist, community, award-winning
fiction/poetry	Shadow	Marcia Brown	picture book	Africa setting, poetic, nature
non-fiction	The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore	Vaunda Micheaux Nelson & R. Gregory Christie	picture book	Harlem, African-American culture, Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X
legends/folklore	John Henry	Ezra Jack Keats	picture book	black male protagonist, labor, westward expansion, railroad
non-fiction	Children of Promise: African-American Literature & Art for Young People	Charles Sullivan	textbook	slavery, African American art, poems, stories, good resource
folktale	Mirandy and Brother Wind	Patricia C. McKissack, Jerry Pinkney	picture book	slavery, customs/traditions, family, Mississippi, Louisiana
non-fiction	The Undefeated	Kwame Alexander	picture book	celebrating black lives
poetry/art	Jabberwocky	Christopher Myers	poetry/art	classic poem reimagined, black boy protagonist, art
fiction	Solo Girl	Andrea Davis Pinkney	M	black girl protagonist
fiction	Series: "Monica"	Diana G. Gallagher	N	black girl protagonist
non-fiction	Baby Flo: Florence Mills Lights Up the Stage	Alan Schroeder	O-P	Black History
non-fiction	In Her Hands: The Story of Sculptor Augusta Savage	Alan Schroeder	O-P	Black History
fiction	Bad Hair Day	Adrienne Vincent Sutton	P	black girl protagonist
realistic fiction	The Hundred Penny Box	Sharon Bell Mathis	P	black boy protagonist, family
fiction	The Diary of B.B. Bright Possible Princess	Alice Randall	Q	black girl protagonist
fiction	Crossing Jordan	Adrian Fogelin	P	racism, friendship
fiction/ mystery	Series: Precious Ramotswe Mysteries for Young Readers (Book 1)	Alexander McCall Smith	Q	black girl protagonist
fiction/mystery	Emma Series	Ida Siegal	P	black girl protagonist
fiction	Series: Akimbo and The Lions	Alexander McCall Smith	P	Black boy protagonist
fiction	Series: Dog Days: The Carver Chronicles	Karen English	Q	Black boy protagonist
fiction	The Jacket	Andrew Clements	R	racism and prejudice
realistic fiction	Zeely	Virginia Hamilton	R	black girl protagonist, black author, rural life, family
fiction	Last Summer with Maizon	Jacqueline Woodson	Q	black girl protagonist
Historical Fiction	A Long Walk to Water	Linda Sue Park	R	Sudanese refugee
Historical Fiction	The Red Pencil	Andrea Davis Pinkney	Q	Sudanese Refugees
fiction	The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond	Brenda Woods	T	Biracial girl protagonist
realistic fiction	The Red Rose Box	Brenda Woods	T	Jim Crow south setting, black girl protagonist, family, Los Angeles
fiction	Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything In It	Sundee Tucker Frazier	Q	Black boy protagonist
fiction	Confidentially Yours series	Jo Whittemore	V	black girl
graphic novel	Princeless series	Jeremy Whitley	T	black girl protagonist / diverse cast
realistic fiction	Harbor Me	Jacqueline Woodson	U-V	diverse characters - NYC children, self-contained class
non-fiction	Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition	Margot Shetterly	V+	black history
non-fiction	Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History	Vashti Harrison	T	black history
non-fiction Memoir	Brown Girl Dreaming	Jacqueline Woodson	U	black history
historical fiction	Home of the Brave	Katherine Appelegate	W	Sudanese Refugees
historical fiction	One Crazy Summer	Rita Williams-Garcia	W	civil rights era
historical fiction	P.S. Be Eleven	Rita Williams-Garcia	W	sequel to One Crazy Summer
realistic fiction/poetry	Spin A Soft Black Song	Nikki Giovanni	book of poems	family, school, everyday life, realistic fiction
realistic fiction	Junebug	Alice Mead	S	black boy protagonist, public housing life
realistic fiction	Me, Mop, and the Moondance Kid	Walter Dean Myers	S	African American author
historical fiction	Mississippi Bridge	Mildred D. Taylor	S	African American author
realistic fiction	The Gift Giver	Joyce Hansen	S	African American author
realistic fiction	The Gold Cadillac	Mildred D. Taylor	S	African American author
realistic fiction	Darnell Rock Reporting	Walter Dean Myers	S	African American author
historical fiction	Black Angels	Linda Beatrice Brown	T	African American author
fiction	Locomotion	Jacqueline Woodson	V	African American author
fiction	Mighty Miss Malone	Chistopher Paul Curtis	V	African American author
historical fiction	Calico Bush	Rachel Field	V	Immigrant families/Native American study
historical fiction	Gone Crazy in Alabama	Rita Williams-Garcia	V	African American author
realistic fiction	Clayton Byrd Goes Underground	Rita Williams-Garcia	V	African American author
realistic fiction	A Friendship for Today	Patricia C. McKissack	V	African American author
realistic fiction	Two Naomis	Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich & Audrey Vernick	V	African American author/Immigrant study
biography	Malcolm X By Any Means Necessary	Walter Dean Myers	W	African American author
realistic fiction	The House on Mango Street	Sandra Cisneros	W	Hispanic author
realistic fiction	Dear Baobab			story of a child immigrant from an unnamed African country



		Authors with 3+ titles:
Historical Fiction		Christopher Paul Curtis	T-V	Multiple time periods	316
historical fiction/non-fiction		Eleanor E. Tate	R-U	black figures
fiction		Eloise Greenfield	wide range	black families
fiction		Jacqueline Woodson	T-Z	black characters
fiction		Jewell Parker Rhodes	U-W	black characters
		Joyce Hansen
		Kekla Magoon
		Laurie Halse Anderson	V	historical fiction (Chains, Forge )	316
		Mary Hoffman
		Mildred D. Taylor
		Nikki Grimes
		Patricia C. McKissack
		Rita Williams-Garcia
		Sandra Belton
		Sharon G. Flake
		Sharon M. Draper
		Sherri L. Smith
		Stephanie Perry Moore
		Tamora Pierce
		Tee Michelle
		Zora Neale Hurston			316
		Walter Dean Myers

Civil Rights, Slavery, Jim Crow Era

Genre	Title	Author	Reading Level	Subject(s)
poetry/fiction	Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music	Margarita Engle	L	Chinese-African-Cuban girl, female drummers, Chinese New Year
realistic ficiton	Stevie	John Steptoe	M	black boy protagonist, siblings, memoir
realistic fiction	Sweet, Sweet Memory	Jacqueline Woodson/Floyd Cooper	picture book	black girl protagonist, death of grandpa, the South, rural
historical fiction	Coming On Home Soon	Jacqueline Woodson/E.B. Lewish	picture book	female characters, family, WWII, women working and away from home
fiction	Cherries and Cherry Pits	Vera B. Williams	picture book	black girl protagonist, storytelling, community
non-fiction/biography	Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah	Laurie Ann Thompson & Sean Qualls	picture book	disabled cyclist, West Africa, persistance, flexibility
realistic fiction	Dancing in the Wings	Debbie Allen/Kadir Nelson	picture book	black girl protagonist, aspiring ballerina, persistance
realistic fiction	Lulu's Birthday	Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard/Pat Cummings	picture book	intergenerational, family, birthday surprise
realistic fiction	The Village of Round and Square Houses	Ann Gritalconi	picture book	remote Central Africa, indigenous, gender, family
fiction	Thank You Omu!	Oge Mora	picture book	Nigerian woman protagonist, city, community, Thanksgiving
poetry/art	Under the Sunday Tree: Paintings By Mr. Amos Ferguson	Eloise Greenfield/Amos Ferguson	poetry/art	poems about family, daily life, Bahamas
realistic fiction	The Car Washing Street	Denise Lewis Patrick/John Ward	picture book	city, community, summer, diversity
realistic fiction/poetry	Spin A Soft Black Song	Nikki Giovanni	book of poems	family, school, everyday life, realistic fiction
non-fiction	Children of Promise: African-American Literature & Art for Young People	Charles Sullivan	textbook	slavery, African American art, poems, stories, good resource
	The Undefeated	by Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson		prominent black figures
poetry	Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes	David Roessel, Arnold Rampersad	illustrated poems	art by Benny Andrews, Langston Hughes poems
realistic fiction	Jamaica Tag-Along	Juanita Havill	picture book	black girl protagonist, siblings, family
fiction	Julius	Angela Johnson/Dav Pilkey	picture book	black girl protagonist, family, pet pig
realistic fiction	When I Am Old with You	Angela Johnson/David Soman	picture book	black grandfather/grandchild, rural, family
poetry/realistic fiction	Night on Neighborhood Street	Eloise Greenfield/Jan Spivey Gilchrist	picture book	poems of black family life, city setting
realistic fiction	Grandpa's Face	Eloise Greenfield/Floyd Cooper	picture book	black grandfather/granddaughter, family, city
realistic fiction	Grandfather and I	Helen E. Buckley, Jan Ormerod	picture book	black grandfather/grandchild, slow pace, winter
historical fiction	White Water (Inspired by a True Story)	Michael S. Bandy, Eric Stein	picture book	1962 segregated society, segregration
realistic fiction	The Leaving Morning	Angela Johnson	picture book	black protagonists, NYC, moving
realistic fiction	Jabari Jumps	Gaia Cornwall	picture book	anxiety, persistence, black boy protagonist
fiction	Birthday	John Steptoe	picture book	Africa, black community, school, boy birthday party
realistic fiction	Not So Fast Songololo	Niki Daly	picture book	family, South Africa, grandmother, figurative language, black boy protagonist
fiction	Ty's One-man Band	Mildred Pitts Walter/Margot Tomes	picture book	black family, Jim Crow south, making music
realistic fiction	Me & Neesie	Eloise Greenfield	picture book	black girl protagonist, imaginary friend, family
fiction/figurative lang/small moment	Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut	Derrick Barnes/Gordon C. James	picture book	black boy protagonist, community, award-winning
fiction	Tar Beach	Faith Ringgold	picture book	black family, NYC, family history
fiction	I Love My Hair!	Natasha Anastasia Tarpley	picture book	black family, celebration of black hair!, mother/daughter
realistic fiction	Do Like Kyla	Angela Johnson	picture book	black family, siblings, winter, snow
realistic fiction	What Mary Jo Shared	Janice May Udry	picture book	black girl protagonist, school, family
realistic fiction	She Come Bringing Me That Little Baby Girl	Eloise Greenfield/John Steptoe	picture book	black boy protagonist, baby sister, family
fiction/poetry	Black Magic	Dinah Johnson	picture book	read aloud, celebrating color black
realistic fiction	Amazing Grace	Mary Hoffman/Caroline Binch	M	gender, race, identity, school play, black girl protagonist
realistic fiction	Boundless Grace	Mary Hoffman/Caroline Binch	M	black girl protagonist, family, Africa, divorce, sequel to Amazing Grace
fiction	Wings	Christopher Myers	picture book	award-winning, black boy protagonist, collage, bullying, new student
fiction/poetry	Jazz	Walter Dean Myers/Christopher Myers	picture book	award-winning, gorgeous art, poems about Jazz, New Orleans
fiction	The Other Side	Jacqueline Woodson	Q	read aloud, overcoming racism
poetry	In for Winter, Out for Spring	Arnold Adoff/Jerry Pinkney	picture book	black families, the four seasons
non-fiction	Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer	Carole Boston Weatherford	upper grades	read aloud civil rights hero
non-fiction	Dear Mr. Rosenwald	Carole Boston Weatherford		read aloud, school equity
Historical Fiction	Freedom River	Doreen Rappaport	2018-02-05 00:00:00	underground railroad
Historical Fiction	A Sweet Smell of Roses	Angela Johnson	all grades	civil rights story
Historical Fiction	Sweet Clara and the Freedom QUilt	Deborah Hopkinson		Read Aloud, underground railroad
realistic fiction	Benjie	Joan M. Lexau	picture book	black boy protagonist, kindness, community, family
fiction	My Little Island	Frané Lessac	picture book	life on Caribbean Island, beautiful illustrations
fiction/poetry	Caribbean Dream	Rachel Isadora	picture book	life on Caribbean Island, poetic
fiction/poetry	Love Is	Diane Adams	picture book	black girl protagonist, love, responsibility, rhyming
realistic fiction	Corduroy	Don Freeman	picture book	black girl protagonist, kindness, love, NYC, community
realistic fiction	Charlotte and the Quiet Place	Deborah Sosin	picture book	black girl protagonist, NYC, community, learning differences
legends/folklore	John Henry	Ezra Jack Keats	picture book	black male protagonist, labor, westward expansion, railroad
legends/folklore	Flora and the Runaway Rooster	John Claude Bemis	picture book	black girl protagonist, Rwanda, poverty, schooling
fiction	The Hello, Goodbye Window	Norton Juster, Chris Raschka	picture book	award winning, black girl protagonist, grandparents, family,
fiction, pattern books	I Just Want To Say Good Night	Rachel Isadora	picture book	African girl, animals, family
realistic fiction	Galimoto	Karen Lynn Williams	picture book	African boy, Malawi, Chichewa language, recycled materials
fiction	For You Are A Kenyan Child	Kelly Cunnane	picture book	Kalenjin boy, Kenya, animals, Swahili language
fiction, poetry	The Chalk Doll	Charlotte Pomerantz, Frané Lessac	picture book	black girl protagonist, Jamaica, family, recycled materials
fiction, pattern books	All Aboard for the Bobo Road	Stephen Davies	picture book	Burkina Faso, transportation, maps, geography
realistic fiction	At the Crossroads	Rachel Isadora	picture book	Africa, labor, mining, family, community
fiction	Deep in the Sahara	Kelly Cunnane & Hoda Hadadi	picture book	Mauritania, W. Africa, Muslim, identity, family
realistic fiction	Something Beautiful	Sharon Dennis Wyeth	picture book	black girl protagonist, NYC, community, family
realistic fiction	Pet Show!	Ezra Jack Keats	picture book	black protagonists, NYC
fiction	City Rhythms	Ann Gritalconi	picture book	black boy protagonist, community, city life
fiction/poetry	Max Found Two Sticks	Brian Pinkney	picture book	black boy protagonist, onomatopoeia, music, city life
realistic fiction	Louie (my very favorite character!!)	Ezra Jack Keats	picture book	socially awkward black boy protagonist
biography	Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table	Jacqueline Briggs Martin	picture book	Belgium, basketball, city farming, true story
non-fiction	The Water Princess	Susan Verde	picture book	true story, water, rural Burkina Faso, Africa
non-fiction	Beatrice's Goat	Page McBrier	picture book	Uganda
historical fiction	Busing Brewster	Richard Michelson, R.G. Roth	picture book	integration, busing, bullying, kindness
realistic fiction	Mama Elizabeti	Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen	picture book	Africa, family, younger siblings, responsibility
fiction	Harlem Renaissance Party	Faith Ringgold	picture book	Harlem Renaissance, African-American writers, jazz
biography/poetry	Coretta Scott	Ntozake Shange/Kadir Nelson	picture book	Coretta Scott King bio, MLK, figurative language, gorgeous art
historical fiction	Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky	Faith Ringgold	picture book	Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad, slavery
fiction	Marvelous Cornelius: Hurricane Katrina and the Spirit of New Orleans	Phil Bildner and John Parra	picture book	Hurrican Katrina clean-up, resilience, community, folklore
realistic fiction	Daisy and the Doll	Michael Medearis/Angela Shelf Medearis	picture book	race, skin color, 1800's Vermont, black girl protagonist
non-fiction/biography	Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation	Andrea Davis Pinkney/Brian Pinkney	picture book	Rosa Parks, the blues, poetic, onomatopoeia, Montgomery Bus Boycott
fiction	Imani's Moon	JaNay Brown-Wood	picture book	Maasai people (Africa), differences, teasing, girl protagonist
biography	Nelson Mandela	Kadir Nelson	picture book	South Africa, activism, beautiful illustrations
fiction	Working Cotton	Sherley Anne Williams	picture book	award winning, black girl, memoir, child labor
fiction/poetry	Shadow	Marcia Brown	picture book	What is Shadow? Africa setting, poetic, nature
fiction/poetry	Father and Son	Denizé Lauture	picture book	family, Jonathan Green illustrations, black protagonists
non-fiction	One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia	Miranda Paul	picture book	true story, the Gambia, recycling, female empowerment
biography	More Than Anything Else	Marie Bradby	picture book	Booker T. Washington, literacy, child labor, W. Virginia
poetry/realistic fiction	Pass It On: African-American Poetry for Children	Wade Hudson, Floyd Cooper	book of poems	black children protagonists
lyrical/non-fiction	Charlie Parker played be bop	Chris Raschka	H	music of Charlie Parker, black jazzist
realistic fiction	Mrs. Katz and Tush	Patricia Polacco	picture book	relationship b/w older Jewish woman and black boy
	Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library	Carole Boston Weatherford	Picture book
non-fiction	jambo means hello: Swahili Alphabet Book	Muriel Feelings/Tom Feelings	ABC book	Swahili, African culture/tradition
non-fiction/biography	Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah	Laurie Ann Thompson & Sean Qualls	picture book	disabled cyclist, West Africa, persistance, flexibility
biography	Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X	Ilyasah Shabazz	picture book	author is Malcolm X's daughter
non-fiction/biography	Catching the Moon: The Story of a Young Girl's Baseball Dream	Crystal Hubbard	picture book	true story black female baseball player, 1953
realistic fiction	Mrs. Katz and Tush	Patricia Polacco	picture book	relationship b/w older Jewish woman and black boy
non-fiction	Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions	Margaret Musgrove	ABC book	African indigenous life, Ghana, ABC format
fiction	The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales	Virginia Hamilton	folktales	animal tales, slavery
poetry/biography	Martin Rising: Requiem For A King	Andrea Davis Pinkney/Brian Pinkney	illustrated poem	MLK, Jim Crow, Civil Rights, gorgeous art
realistic fiction	Back Home	Gloria Jean Pinkney/Jerry Pinkney	picture book	1950s, rural North Carolina, black protagonists, family
biography	Mary McLeod Bethune	Eloise Greenfield/Jerry Pinkey	M-N	true story of Mary McLeod Bethune, social justice activist
biography	More Than Anything Else	Marie Bradby	picture book	Booker T. Washington, literacy, child labor, W. Virginia
poetry	Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes	David Roessel, Arnold Rampersad	illustrated poems	art by Benny Andrews, Langston Hughes poetry
realistic fiction	Chicken Sunday	Patricia Polacco	picture book	black grandmother, 1960s, Jewish/Christian characters, Easter, family
non-fiction	I Have A Dream	Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.		his speech paired w/ gorgeous illustrations by black artists
non-fiction	MLK A Celebration In Word and Image	Martin Luther King, Jr.		quotes and photographs of MLK
realistic fiction/graphic novel	Illegal	Eoin Colfer/Andrew Donkin	graphic novel	refugees traveling from North Africa to Italy by ship, Syria
fiction/figurative lang/small moment	Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut	Derrick Barnes/Gordon C. James	picture book	black boy protagonist, community, award-winning
fiction/poetry	Shadow	Marcia Brown	picture book	Africa setting, poetic, nature
non-fiction	The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore	Vaunda Micheaux Nelson & R. Gregory Christie	picture book	Harlem, African-American culture, Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X
legends/folklore	John Henry	Ezra Jack Keats	picture book	black male protagonist, labor, westward expansion, railroad
non-fiction	Children of Promise: African-American Literature & Art for Young People	Charles Sullivan	textbook	slavery, African American art, poems, stories, good resource
folktale	Mirandy and Brother Wind	Patricia C. McKissack, Jerry Pinkney	picture book	slavery, custom

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